6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

Cubs offense bidding to get shutout for the 4th time in 8 days.

[bcruise]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

Sweet - Singing Billy Williams?? That wasn't half bad.

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[bcruise]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

Cubs offense bidding to get shutout for the 4th time in 8 days.

Nicely done. Schwarbomb!

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[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

Still got it...lol

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

Holy smokes, Javy. That was some serious hand-eye coordination.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

Now if the Cubs can manage to not strand KB at 3rd with nobody out in extras...

[Jr.]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

Kinda surprised they didn't give Javy the unintentional intentional walk and see if he'd swing himself into an out.

[Jr.]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

And Almora gets the job done. Man I love how he plays

[SPTO]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

I was very impressed by Soroka tonight. The kid has the poise of a 10 year vet. He kept getting hit hard at times but he kept his cool and more or less kept the Jays at bay.

He's gonna be a good one for a long time IMO.


As for Garcia...I sure hope the Jays decline his option for next season.

[BleacherBum2310]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

can someone explain the Javy walk to me because that makes no sense. against a fastball pitcher you probably want Almora up more even against a RHP because he crushes fastballs and is more contact driven than Javy.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

And Almora gets the job done. Man I love how he plays

And I know this is cliche, but every time he's interviewed (not often) it reminds me of how off-the-charts his makeup is. He's a really good kid.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

can someone explain the Javy walk to me because that makes no sense. against a fastball pitcher you probably want Almora up more even against a RHP because he crushes fastballs and is more contact driven than Javy.

I don't think they had many good options there. The double play doesn't do anything for them with KB on 3rd and nobody out. Maybe Dave Roberts has too much respect for Javy? I would've thrown some fastballs at eye level and took my chances though.

[Jr.]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

can someone explain the Javy walk to me because that makes no sense. against a fastball pitcher you probably want Almora up more even against a RHP because he crushes fastballs and is more contact driven than Javy.

I don't think it really mattered since there were 0 outs, but I don't know why you walk Javy there. I thought maybe they were going to walk the bases loaded to try to set up force outs everywhere, but they didn't. That didn't make much sense to me.

[BleacherBum2310]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

I don't think they had many good options there. The double play doesn't do anything for them with KB on 3rd and nobody out. Maybe Dave Roberts has too much respect for Javy? I would've thrown some fastballs at eye level and took my chances though.

Yeah Cubs probably still win there but it was really odd.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/18 - 7/1 Game Discussion Thread

Yup, sounds like something Hunter Strickland would do. Other than serving up homers to Bryce Harper anyway.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23846007/hunter-strickland-san-francisco-giants-6-8-weeks-breaking-hand-punching-door